Jeff Blockley

Position
Defender
Nationality
Place Of Birth
Leicester
Date Of Birth
September 12, 1949
Age
75
Games Played
167
-
Per Game
Games Started
165
1.0
Per Game
Minutes
14902
89.2
Per Game
Goals
10
0.1
Per Game
Assists
6
0.04
Per Game
Notes
Stats
Matches
Transfers
Gallery
Internationals

Jeff played in the same Leicester Schools side as Peter Shilton. After joining Coventry City in 1966 he had a rapid rise to fame and captained the club in the FA Youth Cup final against Burnley in 1968. Six months later he was in the first team and soon became a fixture in the side, forming an awesome central defensive partnership with George Curtis. The following season as City qualified for Europe Blockley was a virtual ever-present and briefly developed another strong relationship with Roy Barry. For three seasons the tall, strong centre-half was consistently one of the best defenders in the country and a key factor in the club’s excellent defensive record during the period.

At the age of 21, Jeff became one of the club’s youngest ever captains in 1971 and won six England Under 23 caps plus an appearance for the Football League. In October 1972, soon after the arrival of Joe Mercer and Gordon Milne he was sold to Arsenal for £200,000 in order to fund the signing of Colin Stein and Tommy Hutchison. Two days after joining the Gunners Alf Ramsey called him into the full England squad for his one and only international against Yugoslavia at Wembley. The move to Highbury did not work out and in 1975 he returned to the Midlands to join Leicester and later Notts County. Since retiring from the professional game he has developed a successful engineering business at Nuneaton and lives in Leicestershire.

• Defender
• Joined from apprentice (aged 17 years 8 months) under ?
• Left for Arsenal for £200,000 (aged 23 years) under Joe Mercer
• Substitute appearances: 0
• Unused substitute: 0
• Bookings: 5

Own goals (2)
1971-72
3 November 1971 v Newcastle United A
1972-73
30 September 1972 v Chelsea H

Football League First Division (England)
1972-1973
Coventry City
11
11
990′
1
1
1971-1972
Coventry City
42
42
3780′
4
2 (1)
1970-1971
Coventry City
42
42
3780′
3
1 (0)
1969-1970
Coventry City
39
39
3510′
2
3 (0)
2
1968-1969
Coventry City
12
10
2
922′
1
146
144
2
12982′
10
0
0
6 (1)
3
1
The Texaco Cup (England)
1972-1973
Coventry City
2
2
180′
1971-1972
Coventry City
4
4
390′
2 (0)
1
6
6
0
570′
0
0
0
2 (0)
0
1
League Cup (England)
1972-1973
Coventry City
1
1
90′
1971-1972
Coventry City
1
1
90′
1970-1971
Coventry City
5
5
450′
1 (0)
1
1969-1970
Coventry City
1
1
90′
8
8
0
720′
0
0
0
1 (0)
1
0
FA Cup (England)
1971-1972
Coventry City
1
1
90′
1970-1971
Coventry City
1
1
90′
1969-1970
Coventry City
1
1
90′
3
3
0
270′
0
0
0
0 (0)
0
0
Inter-Cities Fairs Cup (Europe)
1970-1971
Coventry City
4
4
360′
1 (0)
2
4
4
0
360′
0
0
0
1 (0)
2
0
Totals:
167
165
2
14902′
10
0
0
10 (1)
6
2
Date
For
Against
H/A
Result
Football League First Division 1972-1973
Football League First Division 1972-1973
Coventry City
Chelsea
H
L 1:3
90`
Coventry City
West Bromwich Albion
A
L 1:0
90`
Coventry City
Newcastle United
H
L 0:3
90`
Coventry City
Manchester United
A
W 0:1
90`
Coventry City
Stoke City
H
W 2:1
90`
Coventry City
Wolverhampton Wanderers
H
L 0:1
90`
Coventry City
Leicester City
A
D 0:0
90`
Coventry City
Arsenal
H
D 1:1
90`
Coventry City
Southampton
H
D 1:1
90`
Coventry City
West Ham United
A
L 1:0
90`
Coventry City
Tottenham Hotspur
A
L 2:1
90`
The Texaco Cup 1972-1973
The Texaco Cup 1972-1973
Coventry City
Motherwell
A
L 1:0
90`
Coventry City
Motherwell
H
D 3:3
90`
League Cup 1972-1973
League Cup 1972-1973
Coventry City
Hartlepool
H
W 1:0
90`
Football League First Division 1971-1972
Football League First Division 1971-1972
Coventry City
Arsenal
H
L 0:1
90`
Coventry City
Leicester City
A
L 1:0
90`
Coventry City
Sheffield United
H
W 3:2
90`
Coventry City
Manchester City
H
D 1:1
90`
Coventry City
Huddersfield Town
A
W 0:1
90`
Coventry City
Liverpool
A
L 3:1
90`
Coventry City
Everton
H
W 4:1
90`
Coventry City
Manchester United
H
L 2:3
90`
Coventry City
Tottenham Hotspur
A
L 1:0
90`
Coventry City
Nottingham Forest
A
L 4:0
90`
Coventry City
West Ham United
H
D 1:1
90`
Coventry City
West Bromwich Albion
H
L 0:2
90`
Coventry City
Leeds United
A
L 1:0
90`
Coventry City
Wolverhampton Wanderers
H
D 0:0
90`
Coventry City
Crystal Palace
A
D 2:2
90`
Coventry City
Derby County
A
L 1:0
90`
Coventry City
Ipswich Town
H
D 1:1
90`
1
Coventry City
Newcastle United
A
L 4:2
90`
Coventry City
Southampton
H
W 1:0
90`
Coventry City
Manchester United
A
D 2:2
90`
Coventry City
Chelsea
H
D 1:1
90`
Coventry City
Arsenal
A
L 2:0
90`
Coventry City
Leicester City
H
D 1:1
90`
Coventry City
Manchester City
A
L 4:0
90`
Coventry City
Liverpool
H
L 0:2
90`
Coventry City
Sheffield United
A
L 2:0
90`
Coventry City
Huddersfield Town
H
W 2:1
90`
Coventry City
Wolverhampton Wanderers
A
D 1:1
90`
Coventry City
Crystal Palace
H
D 1:1
90`
Coventry City
Stoke City
A
L 1:0
90`
Coventry City
Leeds United
H
W 3:1
90`
Coventry City
Everton
A
W 1:2
90`
Coventry City
Tottenham Hotspur
H
W 1:0
90`
Coventry City
Southampton
A
L 3:1
90`
Coventry City
Nottingham Forest
H
D 1:1
90`
Coventry City
Chelsea
A
D 3:3
90`
Coventry City
West Ham United
A
L 4:0
90`
Coventry City
Newcastle United
H
W 1:0
90`
1
Coventry City
Derby County
H
D 2:2
90`
Coventry City
West Bromwich Albion
A
D 1:1
90`
Coventry City
Ipswich Town
A
L 3:1
90`
Coventry City
Stoke City
H
D 1:1
90`
FA Cup 1971-1972
FA Cup 1971-1972
Coventry City
Hull City
H
L 0:1
90`
The Texaco Cup 1971-1972
The Texaco Cup 1971-1972
Coventry City
Newcastle United
A
L 5:1
90`
1
Coventry City
Newcastle United
H
D 1:1
90`
1
Coventry City
Falkirk
H
W 3:0
120`
Coventry City
Falkirk
A
L 1:0
90`
League Cup 1971-1972
League Cup 1971-1972
Coventry City
Burnley
H
L 0:1
90`
Football League First Division 1970-1971
Football League First Division 1970-1971
Coventry City
Newcastle United
H
W 2:0
90`
1
Coventry City
Derby County
H
D 0:0
90`
Coventry City
Chelsea
A
L 2:1
90`
Coventry City
Burnley
H
W 3:0
90`
Coventry City
Manchester United
H
W 2:1
90`
Coventry City
Everton
A
L 3:0
90`
Coventry City
West Bromwich Albion
A
D 0:0
90`
Coventry City
Arsenal
A
L 1:0
90`
Coventry City
Tottenham Hotspur
H
D 0:0
90`
Coventry City
Huddersfield Town
A
L 1:0
90`
Coventry City
Manchester City
A
D 1:1
90`
Coventry City
Liverpool
H
W 1:0
90`
Coventry City
Leeds United
H
L 0:1
90`
Coventry City
Crystal Palace
A
W 1:2
90`
Coventry City
Blackpool
H
W 2:0
90`
Coventry City
West Ham United
H
L 0:1
90`
Coventry City
Stoke City
A
L 2:1
90`
Coventry City
Wolverhampton Wanderers
A
D 0:0
90`
Coventry City
Ipswich Town
H
W 1:0
90`
Coventry City
West Bromwich Albion
H
D 1:1
90`
Coventry City
Southampton
A
L 3:0
90`
Coventry City
Blackpool
A
L 1:0
90`
Coventry City
Stoke City
H
W 1:0
90`
Coventry City
West Ham United
A
W 1:2
90`
Coventry City
Crystal Palace
H
W 2:1
90`
Coventry City
Liverpool
A
D 0:0
90`
Coventry City
Manchester City
H
W 2:1
90`
Coventry City
Leeds United
A
L 2:0
90`
Coventry City
Arsenal
H
L 1:3
90`
Coventry City
Nottingham Forest
H
W 2:0
90`
Coventry City
Burnley
A
D 0:0
90`
Coventry City
Everton
H
W 3:1
90`
Coventry City
Newcastle United
A
D 0:0
90`
Coventry City
Chelsea
H
L 0:1
90`
Coventry City
Manchester United
A
L 2:0
90`
Coventry City
Huddersfield Town
H
D 0:0
90`
Coventry City
Derby County
A
W 3:4
90`
Coventry City
Tottenham Hotspur
A
L 1:0
90`
Coventry City
Wolverhampton Wanderers
H
L 0:1
90`
Coventry City
Southampton
H
W 1:0
90`
Coventry City
Ipswich Town
A
W 0:2
90`
Coventry City
Nottingham Forest
A
L 2:0
90`
FA Cup 1970-1971
FA Cup 1970-1971
Coventry City
Rochdale
A
L 2:1
90`
League Cup 1970-1971
League Cup 1970-1971
Coventry City
Tottenham Hotspur
A
L 4:1
90`
1
Coventry City
Derby County
H
W 1:0
90`
Coventry City
West Ham United
H
W 3:1
90`
Coventry City
Tranmere Rovers
H
W 2:1
90`
1
Coventry City
Tranmere Rovers
A
D 1:1
90`
Inter-Cities Fairs Cup 1970-71
Inter-Cities Fairs Cup 1970-71
Coventry City
Bayern Munich
H
W 2:1
90`
2
Coventry City
Bayern Munich
A
L 6:1
90`
Coventry City
Trakia Plovdiv
H
W 2:0
90`
1
Coventry City
Trakia Plovdiv
A
W 1:4
90`
Football League First Division 1969-1970
Football League First Division 1969-1970
Coventry City
Newcastle United
A
L 4:0
90`
Coventry City
Wolverhampton Wanderers
A
W 0:1
90`
Coventry City
Nottingham Forest
A
W 1:4
90`
Coventry City
Stoke City
H
L 0:3
90`
Coventry City
Southampton
H
W 4:0
90`
Coventry City
Manchester United
A
D 1:1
90`
Coventry City
Burnley
H
D 1:1
90`
Coventry City
Sunderland
H
D 1:1
90`
Coventry City
Tottenham Hotspur
A
W 1:2
90`
Coventry City
Sheffield Wednesday
H
D 1:1
90`
1
Coventry City
Liverpool
H
L 2:3
90`
Coventry City
Chelsea
H
L 0:3
90`
Coventry City
Everton
A
D 0:0
90`
Coventry City
Sheffield Wednesday
A
W 0:1
90`
Coventry City
Manchester City
H
W 3:0
90`
Coventry City
Ipswich Town
H
W 3:1
90`
Coventry City
Crystal Palace
A
W 0:3
90`
1
Coventry City
Tottenham Hotspur
H
W 3:2
90`
Coventry City
Newcastle United
H
W 1:0
90`
Coventry City
Burnley
A
D 0:0
90`
Coventry City
Manchester United
H
L 1:2
90`
Coventry City
Chelsea
A
L 1:0
90`
Coventry City
Everton
H
L 0:1
90`
Coventry City
Southampton
A
D 0:0
90`
Coventry City
West Ham United
H
D 2:2
90`
Coventry City
Derby County
A
W 1:3
90`
1
Coventry City
Arsenal
A
W 0:1
90`
Coventry City
Leeds United
H
L 1:2
90`
Coventry City
Manchester City
A
L 3:1
90`
Coventry City
Nottingham Forest
H
W 3:2
90`
Coventry City
Crystal Palace
H
D 2:2
90`
Coventry City
Liverpool
A
L 2:1
90`
Coventry City
Wolverhampton Wanderers
H
W 1:0
90`
1
Coventry City
Stoke City
A
L 2:0
90`
Coventry City
Ipswich Town
A
W 0:1
90`
Coventry City
West Bromwich Albion
A
W 0:1
90`
1
Coventry City
Derby County
H
D 1:1
90`
Coventry City
West Bromwich Albion
H
W 3:1
90`
Coventry City
Sunderland
A
D 0:0
90`
FA Cup 1969-1970
FA Cup 1969-1970
Coventry City
Liverpool
H
D 1:1
90`
League Cup 1969-1970
League Cup 1969-1970
Coventry City
Chelsea
H
L 0:1
90`
Football League First Division 1968-1969
Football League First Division 1968-1969
Coventry City
Liverpool
H
D 0:0
90`
Coventry City
Nottingham Forest
H
D 1:1
90`
Coventry City
Wolverhampton Wanderers
A
D 1:1
90`
1
Coventry City
Everton
A
L 3:0
90`
Coventry City
Manchester United
H
W 2:1
90`
Coventry City
Tottenham Hotspur
A
L 2:0
12`
Coventry City
Leicester City
H
W 1:0
Coventry City
Newcastle United
A
L 2:0
90`
Coventry City
Ipswich Town
A
D 0:0
90`
Coventry City
Burnley
H
W 4:1
90`
Coventry City
Stoke City
H
D 1:1
90`
Coventry City
West Ham United
A
L 5:2
90`
Coventry City
Leeds United
A
L 3:0
Coventry City
Southampton
A
L 1:0
10`
Coventry City
Queens Park Rangers
A
W 0:1
Club Out
Club In
Transfer Date
Fee
Club Out / Club In
Transfer Date / Fee
Coventry City
Arsenal
Sun, 01 Oct, 1972
£200,000
Coventry City
Arsenal
Sun, 01 Oct, 1972
£200,000
Apprentice
Coventry City
Thu, 01 Jun, 1967
Apprentice
Apprentice
Coventry City
Thu, 01 Jun, 1967
Apprentice

England U23, 6 caps, 1 goal

1971-72
24 November 1971 England U23 v Switzerland U23, Ipswich, 1-1
5 January 1972 England U23 v Wales U23, Swindon, 2-0
16 February 1972 England U23 v Scotland U23, Derby, 2-2
1 June 1972 East Germany U23 v England U23, Magdeburg, 2-2, goal
4 June 1972 Poland U23 v England U23, Warsaw, 0-3
7 June 1972 USSR U23 v England U23, Kiev, 0-0
4 further caps with Arsenal (total 10 caps, 1 goal)

1 full England cap with Arsenal

Representative game
15 March 1972 English League v Scottish League, Middlesbrough, 3-2